Automobile lifting mechanism



lC.`W. BOWERS. AUTOMOBILE Llrm'm MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l5. |921.l

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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C. W. BOWERS.

VAUTOMOBILE LIFTING MECHANISM.

APPLlcMloN FILED MAR,15.192'.

1 ,40 1 ,869, Patented Deu. 27, 1921.

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Beneath the `sect S there is provided-e housing 5 havin eront w'alL and:i rear wall 7 wherein t e rs are located for o' erting the je'cks et tmachine, subsequently to be' referred to. Brondi speaking thenieehenismforrraie ing en lowering the front and reeif-nxle or the bodyof Vthe n ie.c liiiie' consists of a pair of 'ecke adapted to liecarried by'tlieion't en rear axle housings or chnsis of the mal chino,each pair of {'ocks being similarly arranged and similar. y operated inthe menner now t0 be. set forth.

.he mechanism for operating tl1erear par'o jacks is exactly su'nilgir tn.thut for operating the front jacks, it being of course understood thattwo jack-*handles .ere pro- 'vided extendingoutwgirrllyfrom theironthandles may be' w'all 8 oi the seat, which independently orsimultaneously. operated. It will therefore be onl necessary t0describetheo eretin nice anism for one set of xineke an there ore I haveshown in de-V tai the lifting jecksraepitioiied with respect to the rearof the machine inthe menner in which they ere to he opereted from.

the sect S of the vehicle Vithin-the housin 5 there are provided n peirof vertical sha s 9 journeled in beerl0, said shafts extendingA une' ythrough the flooring 11 of the vehicle and 'onrneled in bearings 12 asclearly shown in Fig. 3 oi the drawing. verticel shaft is provided witha. horizontal, large beveled eer 13 poeitionedwithin the lionsing whicmeshes with another'. beveled er 14 on the end of e longitudinal shaft 1extendingl to the rear of t e mechn'e for simili taneonsly operating o.nir of rear jacks.

The rear exle casing 6 supports e housing 17 et one side of thediiferential casing for receiving the rear .end 18 ofthe seidlongitudinal shaft which carries o smcll rac pinion 19extendinlslightldhbehmd the rear axle 19* of the ve '01s. e tcp andbottom of the seid housin 1'( is slotted et 20; 2L to permit the operaee, themen ee. or to carried `by thelongitudin rack is providedwithns'tp member 24 at one end thereof end with an enlarged, horizontolportion 25, et its opposite end, vthe seid -enlarfd portion-` beingpreferably rooved at' 6 throughout-'ita 'en tl t0 emrace q. horizontalconnecting ro extending between e poirof melts, said bein o' erablothrough a alot or 99 in t e oorn'g end beneath one oi the neer seats ofthe machine, 'as clear-Z1 shown iii Fig. 1. The horizontal conne ng rodor bar 27 'is bowed et 80 to permit e same to swing beneath thediilexentiel houeing'whcn thejecks nre thrown in their inoperativeposition as shown in dotted lines in Filz 1, the

k tending etrightan lecto rstooclthat the stub'4 'on o! ii vertical rockwhich are `adapted 'tof mesh with the rack pinion 19 ebovereerred sh el.ehe-ft."'1?he tional, operating `or bei: 27

rack outer end 50 o! the said handle extends rerptiv ends ai' of-eiabeie? bein mi block 36- for operation with a resilient spring 85.

a.' recess 89 beneath the scot S en F e. Anyfeuieible type aboveindicated. A exible then nguin forwardly thhough the front well l 8.where the operator niaygaise the said jacks to therinoperiitiveposition as shown in dotted linee on seid It is to belunderet that anyother type or form of mechanism muy be provided for raising oilowerithero'nt or rear 'g'eeks to their operative endinopernti've positionwithout interferin with the geerin or opemtion ofthe mac ine` 'Of courset e menner of raising and lowering the iront pair ojecke (not shown) mayalso be effected in the seine manner aeabove deecribed, whereb the frontof the machine may be eimiliirll raised or lowered. It will thus be seenen quite ap arent that es the longitudinal ehmt-ie ted either to theleft or right,.tb;e vertical rack will be raised or loweredcorrespondingly to actucte the pair- 'acks simnltaneousilg.

elrverticnl shaft also carries neer its upper epd orsmall beveled 'qeer40 which meshes with e beveled enr 4 carried by a stub slm'ft425011111111 at 4B in c bearing block 44 and in o 1'- hoped.. bracket 45exthe front well 8.

Itis of oouree un e ehefts 42 ere ind ndent of each other foractuationthe le h end :amb-elicit 'being operativeiy connec' ted withthe reerwerdl extendin shaft 15 and the right hand stu aft-being.connected tothe forwardly extendi elicit 47 w ch operates 'the frontpeiro 'ecke (iiot' own). i Each orinontel stub shaft ebove referred towhich ceri-ies the ntchet wheels 48 at their outer ends, is also rovidedwith a secan e 49.101* actuating seid shaft end'geerng above described..The through e slot Elin the well A.- and is hingd edly connectedetfllwliereb the seid new tion, be thrown. et ri t en les end lockedtothe rtchet' membe r 52 w ch enin the meees5 in the end thereof.

glise construction permite the handle to be lobked whenthe machine iiivraised from the glfiii en@ therefore. conetitntee en. .eieetire meansfor proventi whereby ythe teeth 58, 59 of sai moval o'f the Anzuiohine woperative position.

The operating handleabove referred to also cornes a spring presoedldouble toothed pawl pivoted at 56 and movobieii the guide member. 57carried' b the handle d porri may be moved into redeterminedoperativeenment with t le teeth 60 of the rntchet wheelto rotate -the same inaclockwise direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 4, which 1s theraising position. In order to prevent the retrograde movement of the.ratchet wheel, when the lever ond its double toothed pawl is moveddownward to engage theteeth of the ratchet wheel, I have pro videdasecond pawl 6l, pivoted et 62. to the T-shaied hracket,said awllbcingprovided with t e usual sprin 6 held b the extension 64 ns cleerlv slownin 1g. li. The pewl 6l above re crm 65 movable naslot 66 in the endof ahorizontal -bar 67whicl1 bar operates in .a guid 68 secured tothebracket and extendsf forwardly through o slot 09 in'the front wall 8where it isheld the notches 09?,

en it is in its il);-

l) the said bar 4heing `pro'ridclJyith a handle or knob 70 to operatethe arm of said pawl to release it from the i'niehot.when'lt is desiredto lower the machine upon move-A ment of the ratchet wheel in `anenti-clock- In order to pennitthis movement and operation, it is alsonecessary to roviclc another 'pivoted Ioprime' control ed pawl T1slmllar-to an( operable ini the same n'lanner as thepawl 61 abo-vereferred tobut positioned Awheels 'in suspended reversed position aslill shown in Fig. 4. It tv ill thus be seen that in Vthis instance whenthe ratchet is en# gnged by the toothed 69 to rotate thesamef S wisedirection in lowering ui an anti-clock the inochine, the last mentionedpivote pawl 71 will prevent` the retrograde' movement of the ratchetsimilar to but in the reverse manner ne above described. In the actualoperation of the lifting dcvice,` when it is desired to raise the rearor front of the maclne, the respective front or rear jocks are loweredbythe flexible element from the dotted-line sitionindicated in` Fig. f1.The opere r willthen octuatc thc pivoted mtchet wheel 4S and then.oscillntc the double toothed pawl to bring thc tooth 5S 1n position asshown in Fi 4. As the4 lever 49 is raisedand loweref it will actunte theratchet wheel 43 in o, clockwise direction as indicated hy thc arrow,the pawl Slireventing the retrograde movement of Sai ratchet `wheel andthe stuhshaft `52 when the tooth 58 is thrown ont of enlgagement uponthe lowering of the hand e 49. The actuation of theratchet member 48 andi @tud-influye gage rred to carries a vertical -onmhy wayof example, und

Y wil pawl 61 to engage the the stub shaft 42`wi1i of course operatevertical shaft 9 andthe rack 19 is rotated i and consequently the 1on1vrearwardly extendinglshaft l5 pinion 19.A the rack pinion t will o fcourse -lower'thera'ck 22 and-the transverse connecting` rod 2f of thesaid rack, thus machine frein the round.

rnismg the rear of the When- 1t is dof aired -to'lower the machine fiomits' raised..

position, the operator will actuate therod QT-connected to theKupper-spring pressed; paw! 714e throw-the e into enga gement witlixtheratchet wheel' and'tlien' release the pawl 61. The tooth, 59 'is'thenmoved' into engagement with the ratchet Wheel 48 and upon actuation ofthe handle@ the 1 be moved in an anti-v with the resultthat the stubshaft and its gearing. will rotate.. the

shaft 15, vrack `pininn und 'ruck ratchet wheel 48- wil clockwisedirection longitudinal 1 n n reverse direction and consequent-ly l'lower the machine.A

In the aeconipiuiy'ing` drawings, I have illustrated myinventionembodied, inone which in practice.hasheenfiolmdtto he li'hlysatisfectorv ,in obtaining" the desire be obvious however that results.It .other `ernbodiments mafI be adopted' and that various changes in therletn-ilsof constrncti those` skilled infrom theepirit and scole .isfurthermore underbe resorted toby without departing ot the inventlonwI',

on may the art stood that kthc invention is `not necessarily:

limited or rostrictedto ,theprecise elements` im' as such limitatio are.specified in the VSubject matter beingabove the ratchet f claimed. f

,..Havingshown and described my 'inven' shown except in l so .tlonpvhntI now Aclairnlng; new ond desire to secure by taten' ier-.-

necte to the axles of 'a Letters Patent of the United independentlyo0i`1- vehicle, menneA for lowering and raising eitherpoir of saidelements to-ther operative and inoperative positions with Inspect to the1 vehicle and moans for simultaneously actuating either 'of saidpuirs oflifting;` elements fromthe setf of the vehicle. 1,

2, In :1 device of pri rlifting nectef to the im amibed'coin- 4 lolcmento1ndependentlyconthe axles of n, vehicle, 4means for 4loweringand raising either pair of seid ele-4 ments to their operativen-nd inositions withrespectjto the vehic ing for simultaneousl or independtouting either of sai ments from hicle.

pricing front andI rear hftin 4 oosel connected to the axles o flexib)'"connected ineens for low 4 A pairs ofy liftin a position at the seatof t e ve erative poe `and gearently ao Y ele- . .elements a vehiclering n t risin .lifting elements p :l: .110,y

a. In a device ofthe classement@ ino eriitivc position 'with iespecttothe ve- '.l'iice and manually o crible @airing een- .nectecl toenrl'lfting e emerito or actuating the seme siiniiltiineously'orindependently of euch Vother fromii position at the sent of the vehicle.i

5L In'ii device of theeliisfi escribcfl conin'ising front' and rearBiting; elements ioosel coiniectegl to the axles o e vehicle, -leizbiyconnectedmeans inoperative positions from the seu-t of the vehicle, uidmanually operable earing'ioceteii henenth seid 'seetniid in ependontiyconnected to seid elements for simiilteno oiislya'ctiieting the nemewhile the motor is running.

, clevice of the class dee'cii'he'd com Afront und roer liftn elementsPrismg `loosicly connected to the axles o n vehicle,

e lconnecting bnr -between scid elements, 'exihl connected In attachedto one o: seid e emerito for lowering end. raising, the seine to theiroperative ond: inogerative positions from liefeoiitof the vehicle, n,rack und pnionoperetively connected to sei connecting.bnr,eai'ingiocated beneath the sont; foi: contro ingY scid niek and Vpinionen dAmenuelly operable means for rotatin end gearng to simultaneouslyeetunte sai lifting velementi-ifrom ii position et the seat while themotorie nini'iingor inoperative 6; In e. device ofthe clues describedoomrisng mnt sind roer lifting elements oosely connected to the axles ofn vehicle,

e bowed -conneotngfber between seid elevthe iiiiid connecting ber,

for lowering and' raising seid elements no their operative und' il catedbeneathv the Leonesa mente exibl Y nnected means attached to one of scideeinents whereby the beinoperiibly -suspeued beneeth the had of thevehicl 'n rech and, pinion supporte by the axles, or operativeengagement with the connecting her, manually operable geering beneaththe seat of the vehlelogior aetnctnig .said rack end pinion to rnise'ndlower a sectional handle for 'rotutin r seid gearing and means forlocking siii handle end gearing when the vehicle is in its inoperative,raised position.

'i'. In u device oi the class d Aoomarismg front und rear liftingalemania closely' :.'oiinecieclto the Vmiles of e vehicle, u bowedconnecting bar between seid elements, fiexibl connected means securedbeneath the bo y of the vehicle and attached to one; of seid elements,whereby the muy lowered or raised to their res operiitiveeiid-noneretive positions, m e position et the seat of the vehicle,ehousing siipported by euch o seid axles, e inion und vertical `wel;operable within siii nous in r end connected to seid connecting ber force uiting said lift elements gearing 1o.

of the vehicle for opeiiitiiig said rack and pinion, a seetio henllo forrotating Aseid gearing, a. double toothed pivoted iliewl carried by midhandle end independent y connected piiwls for preventing the retrogrademovement of mid erin when the machine is being roised or owere v Intestimony whereof, I liliix my signature hereto.

. CLARENCE W. BOWERS.

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